Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-01-14
DANAlNa ON COUNTY MONEY.

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to the banks that it may accumulate
some interest aud reach the channels OF
trade in the handling Of grain, insload OF
| laying idle in the Treasures. IA tho
people of Ohio should have no particular
interest in adding 10 tie population ul
| Canada, it should be regarded MS extra
| hazardous to even make II fuggcalion IN
that direction. The old irOn-clir law.
which makes il penitenliaiy uilrnse 10
place the money any place except Ia
The treasury provided Tor 1t by the peoples
money, should be strengthened, il possible,
II changed ut all. The same safe guards
should he thrown around this money that
is thrown around the school fund, aud
then it will be stolen in some instances.
Do The banks pay interest on this mon
cy? When the Commissioners OF Wood
county Issued their ijrs, $50 900 worth OF
bonds and made a clean cut steal OF about
S4 900 on the first batch, they put the re-
mainder in Toledo bank. On learning
OF this transaction we published the law
on the subject nnd called their attention TO
it.. The claim was at once set mp by the
ring organ" that the County Treasury
did not want 10 take the responsibility Of
keeping the money as he did not get n per-
centage Tor handling IT. besides, the Com
missloners got no interest on the money nj
the bank, but it was placed there for safe
keeping for the Commissioners TO draw on
rs they wanted to use ii. But after the
publication of the law the money was soon
taken from the Toledo bank and ii was
supposed TO have gone into the Wood
county Trcnsury-just how much is not
known TO us or the people at large. What
do the the people elect Treasurer, buy
expensive safes and pay night waichman
for? might be asked. And echo answers
what for?
Would ii not be a much better sugges-
ton, or scheme, for the press to work up
and urge its enactment into law, by which
the people could be relieved OF having SO
much OF their money locked up semi nn-
ually? Up in this neck OF The woods til,
only thirg that seems TO worry the officials
is laws sufficient under which TO get the
money from the peoples pockets into the
treasury. They seem TO have been ,innsi-
ally successful IN managing it after il
gets there. We have repeatedly called the
attention Of the people to the fact that the
lawmakers some years ago, when ther,
seemed TO he some idea in framing laws
for the protection and justice TO those who
support the government by taxes, tC
place a limit upon officials for such protec-
tion, beyond which they could not go, un-
less by some special act of the legislator,
and vote Of the people who were supposed
TO know what their needs were. The law
framed Tor this purpose placed nm outside
limit beyond which officials could not go
and II was not contemplated that this limit
wonld be reached or required only it
I special cases Of emergencies; without hood
or apparent other cause this emergency
seems 10 have been a chronic ailment OF
Wood county for two or three years past.
The taxes were put up TO the highest limi
allowed and kept there. Does it stol
there? Not by more than lug iull.'
Tie officials, not the Taxpayers, represent
ed 10 Representative Wetmore that
special levy, we forget the amount, bn
think il was $4,000, was necessary TO car
~ on the business OF the county and
special act was passed granting this levy
After Representative Emerson was elected
the same representations were made l.
him, and according 10 the S,ntinefs owl
statement, and republl>hed in the JoURN
AL at the time, the bill was prepared il
the Auditors office with no one havin,
any knowledge OF 1t except the Commits
Sioncrs, the Auditor and Representative
of the Ssntnei-we don't know whether
was the present editor OF The Sentinel or lh
present editor of the Gazette who were us
ing the same quill at the time-(and mos
likely are YETI The frs, Knowledge we
or we believe any Taxpayer in the count,
had in the matter WINS the announceinel
, of the introduction Of the bill in the Lee
| islature by Representative Emerson. W
called attention 10 the iniquily at once an
J, stated that the bill ought 10 be defeate,
J 1t passed the House on presentation, b,
: We believe the Senate heard from some
r the taxpayers outside of the five abo,
e enumerated, and the bill WINS killed in Il
Il. Senate. To again illustrate pe,y inlpor
n ant point 10 the tax payers Of Wood cout
r ty, we republlsh two paragraphs fro
\. Commissioner Freis' card TO the SEMI,
y exhonorating Mr., Emerson from al
= blame in the matter and showing ho
= completely they disregard The wishes
1 The taxpayer and got the money IN sp
OF sheol.
No blame whatever should be attached to
ss Mmerson He was asked to do just what "
q, asked OF Capt. Wetmorc by former board
there Is any blame to be attached to anybody
'e should rest on the board of County Comm
vi sioners, and no where else.
H. Twill say in defense OF the board, that II v
n understood that after the law was passed,
wonld perhaps not need to make the levy
?" high us the bill authorized, but would only
ie what was absolutely necessary ] might n,
le also that the current expense fund has b,
o very heavily drawn Oh within the past f
4, years, by reason of the extraordinary crimil
:" cases, and the bridge fund by reason of
ie floods OF 'S3 and Si. Also / might state Il
is afterwards we found that we were mistaken
re thinking we could not, under the present ID
make a sufficient levy Another statute, Ii
! unknown to u.s. gives this authority, and
u levy to-day is fully as high us would have b,
ct made had the bill not been defeated in
.i Senate. SOLOMON IRIE,
:. Commissioner Dunipace afterwards
IN marked in our presence That Mr.. A.
IN Russell found the "slNtule" above refer
10 to l,y Mr.. Fries of which the board had
knowledge, and by which ''lhe levy tod
is fully os high as would have been ms
g. had the bill not been defeated in the s,
he ate"
l. Now, il Mr.. Emerson really wi-hes